Resource Type: Activities

Last Glacial Maximumpart of Cutting Edge:Climate Change:Activities This is an outline of an activity I am developing using model output from the CLIMAP study for my Quaternary Paleoecology and Paleoclimate class.

Exploring the Link between Hurricanes and Climate using GCM Resultspart of Cutting Edge:Topics:Hurricanes-Climate Change Connection:Activities This activity requires students to examine global climate model output available online and consider the potential impact of global warming on tropical cyclone initiation and evolution. As a follow-up, students ...

Trace Gases: Stella II Mac and PCpart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Mathematical and Statistical Models:Mathematical and Statistical Models Examples This Stella model allows students to learn about chemical mass balance in the atmosphere and apply this to atmospheric chlorofluorocarbon and carbon dioxide concentrations. -

Daisyworld: Stella Mac or PCpart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Mathematical and Statistical Models:Mathematical and Statistical Models Examples After constructing a Stella model of Daisyworld students perform guided experiments to explore the behavior of Daisyworld to changes in model parameters and assumptions. -

Case Study 5.1 - Interactions: Climate's Tangled Webpart of Climate of Change I designed this activity as a role-playing game to help students understand both the concept of climate modeling and how the climate system works. Students take on the role of a climate system component, examining ...

Modeling Global Climate Changepart of Cutting Edge:Complex Systems:Teaching Activities This activity explores the role of energy in global climate change. Students explore netlogo models of climate, and learn about cumulative effects.

How Can Models Be Used To Study Climate Change?part of Integrate:Workshops:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Activities Students utilize ice core data to develop a simple climate model, test it and then analyze, through reading IPCC materials, what other variables might need to be included in a model that more accurately predicts climate response to forcings. They are then asked to reflect on the use of models in scientific inquiry and on climate skeptics view of climate models.

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